Goddard

Goddard is a major character in the Jimmy Neutron franchise. He is Jimmy's loyal robot dog and best friend.

Official Description

"Jimmy's robot dog, Goddard, is like a hi-tech, barking, Swiss army knife. He can transform into all sorts of useful tools and gets his puppy-like energy from the wall outlet, into which he's plugged to recharge. Did we mention he's a portable phone booth, too? Or that he can simulate Jimmy's voice? Well he is...and he can! He may be the ultimate in cybernetics, but like any dog, he can't resist chasing cats, begging for treats, or burying a really fine chrome bone."

Biography

Goddard's able to speak in Jimmy's voice, presumably through recordings. He gets along with Carl, Sheen, and Nick as they are Jimmy's best friends. He seems to dislike Humphrey due to the fact that they're both dogs, which gives a natural sense of rivalry. And Goddard has little to no interaction with Cindy, Libby, and Brittany.

In the Jimmy Timmy Power Hour crossover special, Timmy Turner stupidly mistook him for a dog shaped video game and then he put in a disc for a violent game, while he was in the upgrading mode. Then this leads to Goddard being a rampaging monster who terrorized Retroville. Fortunately, by the end of the special, he was returned to normal.

Then Goddard went with Jimmy, Carl, Sheen, Cindy, Libby, and Bolbi up into space in Win Lose and Kaboom!, when they were forced by Meldar Prime to play Intergalactic Showdown. During the second event, Jimmy orders Goddard to use his grabber claw to grab one of the mushrooms, but the little beast grabs his grabber claw with its tongue, and then it tosses him around causing Goddard to get dizzy. When it's time to vote one of their own off the team, he votes for Cindy. During the fourth event, Goddard was about to run with Jimmy and the others across the obstacle course versing the Brains, when Meldar, says, "Uh uh uh, no cheating!" and then he traps Goddard in a force field bubble before he could run, causing Jimmy and his friends to run across the obstacle course by themselves. Later Meldar gave Goddard back to Jimmy after the event.

Personality

Goddard is Jimmy's loyal mechanical canine that Jimmy constructed himself. He's always there for Jimmy when he needs him the most, and he is truly Jimmy's favorite invention.

Physical Appearance

Goddard's mostly silver. He has a plasma globe cranium, filled with ionized noble gases in the form of plasma. He has a mechanical tongue and a yellow snout. Goddard has two ears, which are made of metal. He also has a small pointy tail.

Abilities

Goddard has a seemingly unlimited supply of gadgets built into himself to the point where there's almost nothing he can't do. At any given time, he seems to be mostly hollow. For example, when he uses the arm that can extend out of his back, his back opens up and reveals a compartment that's empty, except for the arm. It's often hinted that Goddard has some means of holding far more matter within himself than his size would suggest. Some preliminary material for the film depicts a step ladder simply extending out of Goddard, despite being many times longer. Also, Goddard has been shown firing rubber balls from his mouth, far more than he should normally be able to hold. However, when he self-destructs or plays dead, none of his parts fly out of the explosion that would be expected. Goddard's storage capabilities are likely based on or the inspiration of Jimmy's Hyper Cube.

At one point, it's stated than the only things Goddard can't do are the doggy paddle, because he would rust, as well as clean up after himself, as stated by Hugh. However, in Sea Minus, Jimmy has somehow submerged his family's home on the bottom of the ocean. When his father opens the door (ignoring Jimmy's warnings) and lets the water in, Goddard utilizes two jet propellers from his back to shoot through the water.

Goddard's known to have a tape dispenser in his mouth, self-destruct and self-reconstruction capabilities, a scooter mode, a "flight-cycle" mode, a helicopter mode (in which his ears spin as rotors), voice projecting and recording abilities, a fire extinguisher, laser eye beams, the ability to transmit what he sees to Jimmy's computer, the ability to retract his head and tail (then stick them out again in the other's place to turn around quickly), a radar, a winch, and many other gadgets. He also can mimic a real dog in numerous ways, particularly by having an excretion system, though nuts and bolts instead of real feces. When he drank a burping soda, Goddard was able to burp.

Dognappings

Throughout the franchise, Goddard has been dognapped several times.

In the movie, Goobot orders Ooblar to take Goddard from Jimmy and take him apart. Later Goddard tricks Ooblar into thinking he's going to self destruct and escapes.
In Professor Calamitous, I Presume, Professor Finbarr Calamitous dog naps Goddard while Jimmy was at school. Then Goddard gets strapped down to a table in Calamitous' lair. When Jimmy comes to his rescue, he breaks the straps with his Swiss Army Laser.
In The Junkman Cometh, after Goddard falls in love with Roxy, The Junkman sticks Goddard to a giant magnet and takes him away. Then he ties up his legs and puts a lampshade on top of his head. Jimmy, later on, he rescues him, while Brobot distracts The Junkman while Sheen and Carl rescue Brobot's parents.
In Return of the Nanobots, while being chased by the Nanobots in their spaceship while they were deleting everyone on Earth, Goddard gets deleted with everyone else that were causing Jimmy to fall. But after defeating them, everyone comes back. Oddly Goddard wasn't seen reappearing with everyone else.
In Win Lose and Kaboom!, during the fourth Intergalactic Showdown event, when Goddard was about to run with Jimmy and the others across the obstacle course, Meldar Prime says, "Uh uh uh. No cheating!", and then he traps Goddard in a force field bubble, causing the kids to run across the course on their own. Later Meldar gives Goddard back to Jimmy.
In Lights! Camera! Danger!, when Jimmy orders Goddard to analyze the magic wand Professor Calamitous gave him, Calamitous orders Bolbi to get Goddard off the set. So, Bolbi grabs him and drags him away from Jimmy and the others.
In The Trouble with Clones, while Jimmy was looking for his evil clone, he headed back to his lab and then he captured Goddard while planing to use Jimmy's Duplicator to create an Evil Earth until Jimmy returned.

Quotes

"Bark, bark!"
"Seems logical captain." - Carl Squared
"Luke, I am your father." - New Dog, Old Tricks
"Adeous." - Hyper Corn
"Tell Mom and Dad I love them, do your best to bring me home, I'll be back!" - Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Video Game
"I have the layout, I have found power switches located through out the building that need to be turned off." - Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Video Game
"Oh, baby." - The Junkman Cometh
"Towga! Towga! Towga!" - Jimmy Goes to College
"Nothing can stop us now!" - The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius: Jet Fusion

Trivia

Goddard's name comes from the American professor/physicist/inventor Robert Hutchings Goddard, who first posed the Goddard Problem in is 1919 book "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes".
Despite being a main character, he only had one episode focusing on him.
In The League of Villains, Goddard gets disabled and stopped working, but later on he's okay again. For some reason, he doesn't go with Carl, Cindy and Libby to save Jimmy and Sheen.
The future Goddard seems to be larger than the present Goddard. This could've been an animation error, or it could be the result of Jimmy's numerous upgrades over the years.
Goddard's without a doubt Jimmy's most successful and reliable invention. He's also shown to be Jimmy's favorite out of all his inventions.
Goddard appears in the first Nicktoons game, but he doesn't appear in any of the others.
Goddard makes one quick cameo in Sheen's Brain, when Sheen beats him at chess.
Goddard appeared in the intro of all three Jimmy Timmy Power Hours with Cosmo and Wanda riding on his back. But he only has a role in the first one. He appeared in the second one too, when he saves Jimmy from being hit by Timmy with a Burp Canon he wished for, and then he was frozen in carbonite along with Hugh and Judy Neutron by Professor Calamitous when he was in Jorgen Von Strangle's body. For some reason, he didn't go with Jimmy and the others into Dimmsdale to find Timmy and Cindy.
Goddard appeared in Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion, but not until the very end.
In the Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Video Game, there are some parts where Goddard talks in his own voice.
In Aaughh!! Wilderness!!, Goddard was about to go with Jimmy, Carl and Sheen on the camping trip. But then Hugh grabs him and then he tells Jimmy that the camps allowing no technology whatsoever. So Judy instead keeps Goddard safe at home with her. Later on in the episode, Goddard shows up while Jimmy, Carl, Sheen, and Hugh were being chased by a bear ,and then Goddard scares it away by roaring loud. Judy also shows up from behind him and then she explains that he attracted the explosion of their camp.
Goddard doesn't appear in Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators!
He appears in the mobile game Nickelodeon Pixel Town (only available in Singapore, Malaysia, and Philippines), you can get him if you merge Heffer from Rocko's Modern Life and Gary from SpongeBob SquarePants in the memory center.
Goddard went with Jimmy on lots of his adventures, but for some reason he doesn't go with him on all of them.
- He didn't go with Jimmy, Carl, Sheen, and Cindy on their undersea voyage to find the Oozy Scab.
- He didn't join Jimmy and Sheen on their adventure in the Ultra Lord vs. Robo-Fiend video game.
- He didn't join Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen on Jimmy's sleepover.
- He didn't go with Jimmy and the others on their trip to Egypt to explore Queen Hasabataslapya's tomb.
- He didn't join Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen on their mission to save the world from Professor Calamitous and Beautiful Gorgeous.
- He didn't join Jimmy and Carl on their mission to stop Sheen from wanting to rule Retroville as an evil dictator while his brain kept growing until his head exploded.
- He didn't go with Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen on their journey to find a monster in Lake Retroville.
- He didn't join Carl, Sheen, and Libby when they were on the Hovercar trying to find Jimmy and Cindy when they got stranded on a deserted island.
- He didn't go with Jimmy and the others on their journey through the Disappearing Invention.

Gallery

Characters
Main Characters: Jimmy Neutron \| Carl Wheezer \| Sheen Estevez \| Cindy Vortex \| Libby Folfax \| Goddard \| Hugh Neutron \| Judy Neutron \|
Recurring Characters: Nick Dean \| Ms. Fowl \| Sam Melvick \| Ms. Fowl \| Principal Willoughby \| Brittany Tenelli \| Butch Pakovski \| Betty Quinlan \| Bolbi Stroganovsky \| Brobot (character) \|
Main Villains: King Goobot V \| Ooblar \| Professor Calamitous \| Eustace Strych \| Beautiful Gorgeous \| Meldar Prime \| Zix, Travoltron and Tee \|
Secondary Villains: The Nanobots \| Evil Jimmy \| The Junkman \| Baby Eddie \| Grandma Taters \| Sydney Moist \|
Minor and One-Shot Characters: Ultra Lord \| April the Gorlock \| Captain Betty \| Commander Baker \| Corky Shimatzu \| General Abercrombie \| Flippy \| Jet Fusion \| Amanda Neutron \| Kari Neutron \| Anabelle Neutron \| Gomer Neutron \| Granny Neutron \| Newt Neutron \| VOX \| Ebenezer Wheezer \| Martha Wheezer \|